#40AEAC#40AEAC

#40AEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AEAC
RGB	rgb(64, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -31.08, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 32.15, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0956 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.098 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6935, 34.3380, 44.3482)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AEAC #AE4042

analogous

#40AE75 #40AEAC #4079AE

triadic

#40AEAC #AC40AE #AEAC40

tetradic

#40AEAC #7540AE #AE4042 #79AE40

square

#40AEAC #7540AE #AE4042 #79AE40

split-complementary

#40AEAC #AE4079 #AE7540

monochromatic

#1F5554 #308180 #40AEAC #65C6C5 #92D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#40AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#40AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AEAC

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AEAC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c4',
    500: '#40aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aeac;
$custom-light: #83c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68865,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AEAC

secondary

#C28889

accent

#5254D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AEAC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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